Reducing unemployment in small villages in Hungary

Lipták, Katalin and Kocsicska, Ivana (2024) Reducing unemployment in small villages in Hungary. In: 10th International European Conference on Interdisciplinary Scientific Research. IKSAD Publishing House, Zürich, pp. 543-550. ISBN 9786253678456; 9786253678432

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Abstract

No significant and lasting solution is expected from economic agents to reduce unemployment. Employment opportunities in the for-profit sector are not infinite and are concentrated in large cities. There are few opportunities for the disadvantaged, mostly loweducated, inhabitants of rural areas. Public employment, often used as an active employment policy instrument, is an appropriate option in municipalities where job opportunities are limited or non-existent. The search for possible ways to move on from public employment should be kept in mind. The way forward is to move from public employment to solidarity. The author sees the solution to the unemployment problems in Hungary not in public employment, but in the solidarity economy. The basic value of the solidarity economy is that it does not act in the interests of the individual, but in the interests of the community, and seeks to promote the development of communities organised on a territorial basis or along the lines of common interests. Individuals in a solidarity economy work together for the common good. The methodology used is field research, during which the author visited several municipalities and interviewed mayors about the results of the public employment programme in their municipalities.

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